Amador County – The Amador County elections department will be reducing the election voting places to seven locations for one time only, for the special election after the first of the year in State Senate District 1.
Sheldon D. Johnson, Amador County Registrar of Voters, announced Friday that polling locations for the upcoming January 4th, 2011 Special General Election will be consolidated to seven in Amador County, as voters decide the successor to the late Senator Dave Cox in District 1.
Candidates are Ted Gaines, a Republican from Granite Bay, and Ken Cooley, a Democrat from Sacramento.
Johnson said “for this election only, there will be seven polling locations countywide instead of the regular 26 locations.” Sample ballots for poll voters will be mailed between November 25th and December 14th, and “voters are encouraged to check their sample ballot for the location of their polling place.”
The polling locations for the January 4th, 2011 special general election are Jackson City Hall, Evalynn Bishop Hall in Ione, Sutter Creek Auditorium, New Life Christian Center at 19751 State Highway 88 in Pine Grove, the Plymouth City Hall, Lockwood Fire House at 23141 Shake Ridge Road in Volcano, and Mace Meadow Golf Course in Pioneer.
“Pursuant to the California Elections Code, several precincts have been designated as mail ballot precincts for this election only,” Johnson said. Beginning December 6th, vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters in designated mail ballot precincts and the permanent vote-by-mail voters. The Voter Instructions and Information Pamphlet will also be included with the official ballots.
The three precincts designated as mail ballot precincts are Amador City, Volcano, and River Pines.
Johnson said he “implemented these changes over concerns in not being able to secure enough poll workers due to the holidays, a predicted lighter than usual turnout, the high number of permanent vote-by-mail voters (54.59 percent of the registered voters), and in an effort to keep costs down.”
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